Really long author's note at end. Please read!
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Severus and Lyka slowly make their way to the Gryffindor table. Harry pops up immediately upon noticing how heavily Lyka is leaning upon Severus. Glancing towards Severus, Harry asks: "What happened?" Asking the question out loud causes the rest of their group to grow concerned for their friend.
"Your elder brother and company happened." The two raven-haired boys deposit Lyka onto the bench before they each sit on either side of her. "They attempted to corner us on our way here. But Lyka managed to fend them off." Severus gives the exhausted girl a pointed look as she rests her head on his shoulder. "As you can tell, she's tired herself out with the effort."
"You're worth the effort, Sevy," is mumbled out by Lyka before her breathing evens out and she dozes off. Severus blushes slightly before focusing on dishing up food for himself with only one hand available.
Harry on the other hand was thinking hard, "I don't get why James hates you so much, Sevy. As far as we know you never slighted him or hexed him first. So just...why?" Harry pouts slightly. "I mean I know he has that weird obsession with that Lily girl."
Severus huffs, "That's exactly what his problem is." He sighs and stares at his potatoes sullenly. "Lily and I grew up in the same town. And we've been friends since we were eight. Potter didn't like that she was spending so much time with..." Severus pauses for a few jagged breaths as he gains control of his emotions. "With the greasy Slytherin kid. And he pretty much got his way, too. Lily's started hanging out more with her dorm-mates halfway through last year." He sniffles slightly before talking in a quieter voice. "I actually haven't seen her at all since the last time we studied together. She didn't want to hang out during the summer."
Everyone was quiet for a few moments before Regulus spoke up. "Well since we're speaking on a more depressing tone." He takes a deep breath. "I'm worried that my parents are mad at me for being sorted into Hufflepuff." The words all come out in a rush, causing confused expressions on everyone but Luna.
Luna blinks slowly at her friend, "Why-ever would you think that, Reggie?"
"I've sent them several letters since the start of term. And they haven't replied to a single one." Regulus aggressively stabs at his lunch in his frustration. "I'm just worried that I've disappointed them with being sorted the way I was sorted." He drops his fork before hiding his face behind his hands. "And I'm terrified that they'll treat me how they've treated Sirius. Actually they'll probably treat me worse seeing as how Hufflepuff is barely respected!"
Luna gently rubs between Regulus's shoulders. "It's all right, Reggie. Most likely they've just been busy with other matters and haven't found the time to write back. I'm sure you'll get a letter by next week."
After remaining silent for so long, Draco finally speaks up. "We're all walking disasters." At everyone's bemused expressions, he explains further. "Well Sevy has to deal with James being a berk. Reggie has no clue as to what his parent's opinion of him is. Plus the whole thing with Sirius refusing to talk to him. Luna is regarded as strange by the majority here. Harry's considered as either the shadow of James or as the dimwitted twin of Lyka Potter. Lyka has been called a lot of things. Which I'm not going to repeat any of it because the majority is cruel. And I'm just Lucius Malfoy's baby brother who is better off being ignored by the Hogwarts population." Draco takes a deep breath and a swig of his pumpkin juice. "Pretty much what I'm saying is that it's a damn good thing that we have each other. Otherwise we'd all be pariahs." Lunch continued on in silence.
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Author's Note:
Hello everyone! I didn't forget about this fic! I've just been super busy irl and got distracted.
I've also been hard at work re-reading Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone to assist me with writing out Harry and Lyka's first First Year at Hogwarts. Please stay tuned as this fic will appear under the title, "The Potter Twins and the Year of the Stone", somewhere towards mid-December or the end of.
There's also been a little plot bunny hopping around in my head for a different kind of time travel fic. It will take place in the Potter Twins Universe. (Which I'm just going to start referring to as the PTU.) And this particular tale will primarily follow Severus Snape, will be canon-compliant in a select few aspects, and will be more of a romance/hurt/comfort type of fic. As of right now this fic is currently without a title or a estimated release date. Mostly cause I can't figure out a bloody title.
Now due to the fact that I'm insane and feel the need to write multiple things at once. I've decided that I'll be updating each story every three weeks. So since STWR2 is being updated today (12/7/2020), I won't be posting the next chapter till the 28th. This is to give myself time to properly write out a decent length chapter and also edit it.
Which gets into the next part of things. I'm officially looking for Betas for all of my stories. So if you would interested in being a Beta for any of these three stories, please send a private message detailing which one/ones you would be interested in.
Thank you all for being so patient with me!
With love,
Siren